Code: (16.b.APA)
Title: A_park_ando, 3 bikes and 12 seats for a car
/// Authors: César Cañadas + Román Sost + JARD
/// Year: 2016
/// Award: 3rd Prize
/// Prmtrs: Corporal Assemblage Nocturnalia Immanence No (i) Legal Commons Quotidian 99 % Visibilise Contagion Suburbia Collaborative Open Exogenous Massive Awarded Public
A standard parking space in the city of Madrid measures 2.5 x 5 meters. Each adds up to a total of 12.5m2 of space occupied by each car.
A_park_ando proposes to make an alternative use of these 12.5m2 for the empowerment of citizens in their daily activities A_park_ando inserts a mobile urban furniture capable of being parked in any Madrid parking lot.
| SEE MORE | – 12.5m2 recovered to rest after school. – 12.5m2 recovered to play in the afternoon. – 12.5m2 recovered to read the latest novel by Ben Hamper. – 12.5m2 recovered to leave the vegetables bag. – 12.5m2 recovered to see people passing by. – 12.5m2 recovered to talk about our things. – 12.5m2 recovered to park the bicycle. – 12.5m2 recovered to listen to Tote King. – 12.5m2 recovered for the neighborhood. – 12.5m2 recovered for the lads and the girls. – 12.5m2 more of public space. – 12.5m2 more of urban transparency. – 12.5m2 less urban pollution. – 12.5m2 less of visual blockage. – 12.5m2 less noise. – 12.5m2 recovered to be able to exercise as a citizen. – 12.5m2 recovered for citizenship. A_park_ando is a bench / stand to sit in the city of Madrid but, above all, it is a system of occupation of urban asphalt to transform it into a space of interaction. A_park_ando is dimensioned to be able to be located in any Madrid´s parking space, adding to that space 12 seats and parking for 3 bicycles. A_park_ando is built of perforated metals with different porosities that promote the visual connection of the urban space, opening and clearing sidewalks. A_park_ando encourages ecological and non-polluting transport. A_park_ando offers a superior platform that allows the view above the cars and, therefore, places the citizen ahead of the transport infrastructures. | SEE LESS |